Fully Involved: An important update from us. 9.16.26

GSFA • September 16, 2026
Fully Involved: An important update from us. 9.16.26
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Fire Service Leaders, 

 

The GPSTC is proud to announce our Third Come in From the Rain Symposium. Attendees will discover strategies to take care of themselves and each other with tools to prevent burnout, depression and the effects of the devastation experienced every day, as well as resources and options when the situation becomes unbearable.

All Public Safety, including law enforcement, fire, EMS, communications, and anyone interested in Mental healthfirst aid, financial wellness, resilience, peer counseling and support, physical wellness, mindset, and more.

The symposium is 16 hours over two days and will be held in the Auditorium on GPSTC's main campus in Forsyth on October 27-28, 2026.

 

Register today at:  Come in From the Rain Symposium October 27 - 28, 2026

 

Please share the attached flyer with your members and your local public safety partners. 

 

Ike McConnell

Deputy Director, Executive Office

Georgia Public Safety Training Center

478-993-4697   imcconnell@gpstc.org

Come in from the rain symposium Oct 2026
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